Coloring book

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Coloring book
Mixtape by Chance the Rapper

Publication
(s)

May 13, 2016

Label (s) Self-distribution

Format (s)

Download

Genre (s)

Hip-hop , rap

Title (number)

14th

running time

57:14

production

chronology
Acid Rap
(2013) 		Coloring book The Big Day
(2019)
Single releases
October 27, 2015 Angels
May 26, 2016 no problem
17th August 2016 Summer Friends

Coloring Book ( English for " coloring book ") is the third mixtape by US rapper Chance the Rapper . It was published on May 13, 2016 in self-distribution for download only .

production

Much of the mixtape was produced by The Social Experiment, who were involved in eight instrumentals. The music producer Lido was involved in two songs. Other productions come from Kanye West , Kaytranada , Brasstracks, Francis and the Lights, Ware, CBMIX, Stix, Rascal, Cottontale, Garren and Cam O'bi.

Cover design

The album cover is a painted picture showing Chance the Rapper looking down and smiling. He's wearing a purple baseball cap with the white number 3 on it. Pink sky can be seen in the background.

Guest Posts

In addition to Chance the Rapper, many other artists are represented on the mixtape. These are above all other rappers, such as Kanye West , Lil Wayne , 2 Chainz , DRAM , Young Thug , Lil Yachty , Future and Jay Electronica , but also singers such as Justin Bieber , Jeremih , T-Pain , Kirk Franklin , Ty Dolla Sign , Raury , BJ the Chicago Kid, and Anderson .Paak . There are also guest contributions by lesser-known artists such as Francis and the Lights, the Chicago Children's Choir, Saba, Towkio, Knox Fortune, My Cousin Nicole, Eryn Allen Kane and Noname . Only the songs Blessings and Same Drugs are solo tracks by Chance the Rapper.

Track list

# title Guest musician producer length
1 All we got Kanye West , Chicago Children's Choir Kanye West, The Social Experiment 3:23
2 no problem Lil Wayne , 2 Chainz Brasstracks 5:04
3 Summer Friends Jeremih , Francis and the Lights Francis and the Lights 4:50
4th DRAM Sings Special DRAM The Social Experiment, Ware 1:41
5 Blessings The Social Experiment 3:41
6th Same drugs The Social Experiment, Lido 4:17
7th Mixtape Young Thug , Lil Yachty CBMIX, Stix 4:52
8th Angels Saba Lido, The Social Experiment 3:26
9 Juke Jam Justin Bieber , Towkio Rascal, Cottontale 3:39
10 All night Knox Fortune Kaytranada 2:21
11 How great Jay Electronica , My Cousin Nicole The Social Experiment 5:37
12 Smoke break Future Garren 3:46
13 Finish Line / Drown T-Pain , Kirk Franklin , Eryn Allen Kane, Noname The Social Experiment 6:47
14th Blessings (recapitulation) Ty Dolla Sign , Raury , BJ the Chicago Kid , Anderson, Paak The Social Experiment, Cam O'bi 3:50

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Coloring book
  US 8th 06/04/2016 (125 weeks)
Singles
no problem
  US 43 06/04/2016 (26 weeks)
Blessings
  US 93 06/04/2016 (1 week)

Coloring Book entered the US album charts at number 8 on June 4, 2016, making it the first publication to hit the Billboard 200 solely due to streaming . Overall, the album stayed in the top 200 for 125 weeks.

As singles , the songs were Angels , No Problem (US # 43, 26 wk.) And Summer Friends decoupled. In addition, the song Blessings reached number 93 in the US charts for a week due to high individual downloads.

Awards

Coloring Book won the award for best rap album at the 2017 Grammy Awards , making it the first mixtape to receive the award. It is also the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy. The song No Problem also got the award in the category of best rap performance .

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source rating
Metacritic 89%
More reviews
source rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic

The mixtape received consistently positive reviews. Thomas Haas from the website laut.de rated Coloring Book with four out of a possible five points. He describes it as a “genre creation” from “classical and contemporary hip hop, spoken word, soul, jazz and funk”. Due to the “organic instrumentation” and the choirs, it would “undoubtedly do justice to a gospel album” and belong to “the most exciting thing to hear in hip hop this year”.

The annual leaderboards several magazines and websites, including Rolling Stone and Pitchfork , was Coloring Book voted in the top 10 best albums.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ album cover
  2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ only by streaming in charts
  4. ↑ first streaming album to win Grammy
  5. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
  6. ↑ Rating: laut.de
  7. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
  8. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
  9. ^ Rolling Stone # 3
  10. ↑ Pitchfork # 6